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Ryan harbors a constant fear of losing his keys, prefers flip flops and will always choose cereal if it's an option. He maintains his own blog, Giddy Up America and hasn't gotten a speeding ticket in over the year. He has previously contributed work to UPROXX & Heavy. Ryan is on Twitter: @ryanoconnell79

• Shimmy Shimmy Ya: the EPL Research Soundtrack edition

  By Ryan O'Connell on 07/03/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A playlist to listen to while doing some research on the English Premier Leage

• Let’s Get On With the Business

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/30/2014 • ( 2 )

  

  A review of the Hold Steady & the Drive By Truckers in Asbury Park

• Stoppage Time Before Game Time

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/24/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  While waiting for Thursday’s World Cup game between the US and Germany, here’s some other things to think about

• Making Some Assumptions About Clint Dempsey

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/24/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  20 assumptions about Clint Dempsey based on watching him in the 2014 World Cup

• Game of Thrones’ Plot Line Power Rankings: Week Ten

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/16/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Week ten of Giddy Up America’s Game of Thrones’ Plot Line Power Rankings for season four: Happy Father’s Day!

• Shimmy Shimmy Ya: the Let’s Go! edition

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/13/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A playlist for being on the move

• The World Cup of Television

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/11/2014 • ( 9 )

  

  Introducing Giddy Up America’s World Cup of Television, a tournament to determine who is the best character on TV during this most recent Golden Age of Television

• Are You Not Entertained?

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/10/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Taking a break from Plot Line Power Rankings for some Night’s Watch-related Q & A

• Seattle’s Big Brothers

  By Ryan O'Connell on 06/04/2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Part four of Giddy Up America’s look back at the Albums of 1994: Soundgarden’s monster of an album, “Superunknown”